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The Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium: Key Drivers of Transformative Change

Lomis, Kimberly D., Santen, Sally A., Dekhtyar, Michael, Elliott, Victoria Stagg, Richardson, Judee, Hammoud, Maya M., Hawkins, Richard, Skochelak, Susan E.·2021·Academic Medicine
DOI 10.1097/acm.0000000000003897
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The American Medical Association’s (AMA’s) Accelerating Change in Medical Education (ACE) initiative, launched in 2013 to foster advancements in undergraduate medical education, has led to the development and scaling of innovations influencing the full continuum of medical training. Initial grants of $1 million were awarded to 11 U.S. medical schools, with 21 schools joining the consortium in 2016 at a lower funding level. Almost one-fifth of all U.S. MD- and DO-granting medical schools are represented in the 32-member consortium. In the first 5 years, the consortium medical schools have delivered innovative educational experiences to approximately 19,000 medical students, who will provide a potential 33 million patient care visits annually. The core initiative objectives focus on competency-based approaches to medical education and individualized pathways for students, training in health systems science, and enhancing the learning environment. At the close of the initial 5-year grant period, AMA leadership sought to catalogue outputs and understand how the structure of the consortium may have influenced its outcomes. Themes from qualitative analysis of stakeholder interviews as well as other sources of evidence aligned with the 4 elements of the transformational leadership model (inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, individualized consideration, and idealized influence) and can be used to inform future innovation interventions. For example, the ACE initiative has been successful in stimulating change at the consortium schools and propagating those innovations broadly, with outputs involving medical students, faculty, medical schools, affiliated health systems, and the broader educational landscape. In summary, the ACE initiative has fostered a far-reaching community of innovation that will continue to drive change across the continuum of medical education.

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  • The AMA has played a pivotal leadership role in promoting significant innovation in medical education through its Accelerating Change in Medical Education Grant program and has built a national consortium-the AMA ChangeMedEd Consortium.

    “In addition to promoting grassroots advocacy from medical students through specific resolutions, in the last decade, the AMA has played a pivotal leadership role in promoting significant innovation in medical education through its Accelerating Change in Medical Education Grant program and has built a national consortium—the AMA ChangeMedEd Consortium [52].”

    From Reimagining Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Undergraduate Medical Education in the Era of Artificial Intelligence (2023) · cites this paper as [52]

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Authors
Lomis, K. D., Santen, S. A., Dekhtyar, M., Elliott, V. S., Richardson, J., Hammoud, M. M., Hawkins, R., & Skochelak, S. E.
Affiliations
  • American Medical Association (US)
  • American Board of Medical Specialties (US)
Corresponding author
Lomis, Kimberly D.
ORCID
Venue
Academic Medicine
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2020-12-15
Volume
96
Issue
7
Pages
979-988
ISSN
1040-2446 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1097/acm.0000000000003897
OpenAlex
W3113434542
Cited by
35
References
56
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4
FWCI
3.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Academic Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Medical Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health and Medical Research Impacts
Keywords
American Medical Association, medical education innovation, transformational leadership, competency-based medical education, learning environment
MeSH terms
Stakeholder Participation, American Medical Association, Education, Medical, Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Faculty, Financing, Organized, Humans, Leadership, Learning, Organizational Innovation, Preceptorship, Schools, Medical, Students, Medical, United States

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